RIP Donna Summer. You were one of my first disco loves, you glorious diva queen. I will always love to love you, baby. <3
Perhaps a mixtape of my lesser-known Donna favorites later on…
Mixtape time!! Coachella draws near, and I’m getting really excited. Here are a few of my favorite songs from the lineup this year. Who are you most excited to see?? Me: Breakbot, Neon Indian, and Metronomy, among many others.
1. GIVERS – “Ceiling of Plankton”
2. Kaskade feat. Dragonette – “Fire in Your New Shoes”
3. Breakbot – “Baby I’m Yours”
4. Housse De Racket – “Synthetiseur” (Housse de Racket remix)
5. Arctic Monkeys – “Brick by Brick”
6. Metronomy – “The Bay”
7. Justice – “Helix”
8. Madeon – “Icarus”
9. Neon Indian – “Polish Girl”
10. Metronomy – “A Thing for Me” (Breakbot remix)
Mixtape #2: Valentine’s Edition! Songs about love, for lovers, except, y’know, not lame. Nothing quiet about this disco storm. Equally suited for dancing or loving…. It’s sugar frosted, baby.
Tracklist:
“Running Back to You” – Perseus
“Prisoner of Love” – Jessica 6 (feat. Antony)
“Sugar Frosted Lover” – The Flakes
Lab File #11 – Tiger & Woods (haha, unromantic name for a DOPE track.. I think of it as the “Romeo and Juliet” one)
“I Just Love What You’re Doing” – Hot Chocolate
“Where You’ll Stay” – Falcon Punch
“With You Forever” – PNAU
“Don’t Stop the Dub” – Majesty’s Pleasure
“True Romance” – Citizens! (Cassian remix)
“2 Hearts” – Digitalism
8tracks.com is a really cool site that lets you make mixes using uploaded songs or Soundcloud files. I’m going to start posting these once in awhile
For the first one I didn’t obsess over it too much. A bunch of my favorite dark synthy nu-disco tracks for the most part.
Track list:
1. Chromatics – “Mask”
2. Yuksek – “On a Train” (The Magician remix)
3. Oliver – “Memories of the Future”
4. Beth Ditto – “I Wrote the Book”
5. Todd Terje – “Swing Star Pt. 2″
6. Is Tropical – “Lies”
7. Voltaire Twins – “Romulus” (Moulinex remix)
8. Haruomi Hosono – “Sports Men”